Michael Yani started playing tennis at the age of 2. His mother, Nancy, and his father, Edward, are both retired. He has two brothers, Terry and Andrew.
Yani has been playing future tournaments since 2002 and has won five future tournaments and two challenger tournaments in his career. His greatest success in his professional career was the semi-finals entry at the ATP 250 tournament in Newport 2011 , where he was finally defeated by the Belgian Olivier Rochus with 2: 6 and 4: 6.